F-16 Aircraft Database

During a strafing run, a bullet blew up prematurely causing damage to the airframe. This was repairable.

The aircraft crashed in the Adriatic 3 miles out from the coast between the cities Cervia and Ravenna at 15:30h local. The pilot, Maj. Luca Crovatti, ejected safely.

The right main landing gear collapsed upon landing. An attached AGM-65 missile scraped the runway and the jet veered off the runway to the right.

An unknown mishap happened to the aircraft, but is was never repaired afterwards.

Destroyed in a mid-air with F-16C (99-1538, 604) in an accident at 14:05 local during a training exercise (scenario 4 vs. 2) south of Crete, west of the island of Chrissi. The pilot, Captain Anastasios Balatsoukas, was killed.

Destroyed in a mid-air with F-16C (99-1522, 522) in an accident at 14:05 local during a training exercise (scenario 4 vs. 2) south of Crete, west of the island of Chrissi. Both pilots ejected with Lieutenant Paulos Botzakis being safe and Captain Iosif Anastasakis passing away on August 29th due to his injuries.

Ran off the runway at Bagram AB due to a braking malfunction.

The F-16 went missing at 10:00 hours local near Den Mai Sung village in tambon Mae Salit in Ban Tak district. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Thanikorn Luangrungwaree, didn't survive the crash.

The aircraft was badly damaged when hitting a flock of birds. It is seemed repairable.

The aircraft was part of a four-ship formation that was on a training exercise from Ramon AFB and crashed in the area of Mitzpeh Ramon at around 20:00h local time. No distress call was received and the pilot, Maj. Amihai Itkis, and the navigator, Maj. Emmanuel Levi, were found on Thursday afternoon. Both didn't survive the crash.

The aircraft departed the runway at Aviano AB during ground roll after a landing. Safety chains were used to slow the aircraft down before it left the runway. The nose gear colapsed in the soft grass. Flights were halted the rest of the day but resumed by the next day.